Paavo nurmi lights the Olympic flame

Paavo nurmi lights the Olympic flame

Paavo Nurmi lights the Olympic flame at the Helsinki Olympic stadium. The flame is on a large cauldron, which rests high on five metal poles.

Runner Paavo Nurmi lights the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Helsinki Olympics.

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The 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki

Article Article

Photographer

The Finnish Heritage Agency / Räshid Nasretdin

Phenomena

Tapahtumia vuoden ympäri

Period

1952

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Formats

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Authors

Räshid Nasretdin Nasretdin, Räshid

Keywords

olympics

Copyrights

CC BY 4.0

Buildings

Museovirasto Historical Picture Collection